New LGBTQ Memoir ”A Tale of Two Omars”

Omar Sharif Jr. talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ about his new memoir “A Tale of Two Omars: A Memoir of Family, Revolution and Coming Out During the Arab Spring” published by Counterpoint Press. In this must-read memoir Omar shares intimate details of his personal story along with the lessons he inherited from his family that have helped prepare him to become a global leader in our fight for LGBTQ equality. He writes with brutal honesty about his upbringing and adolescence as well as the traumas and heartbreaks of his adult life. From bullying and sexual assault to being unable to return to Egypt after announcing he was gay this is a powerful and highly readable personal story from a writer with such a diverse background. The grandson of Hollywood royalty Omar Sharif on his father’s side and Holocaust survivors on his mother’s, Sharif learned early on how to move between worlds from the Montreal suburbs to the glamorous orbit of his grandparents’ Cairo. His famous name always protected him wherever he went. Then in the wake of the Arab Spring he made the difficult decision to come out in the pages of The Advocate in 2012 that changed his life forever. “A Tale of Two Omars” also provides lots of Hollywood insider stories and intriguing gossip over the decades. We talked to Omar about his inspiration for writing “A Tale of Two Omars: A Memoir of Family, Revolution and Coming Out During the Arab Spring” and his spin on our LGBTQ issues. 

Omar Sharif Jr. is an Egyptian Canadian actor, model, author and LGBTQ activist who currently lives in the United States. He is the grandson of actor Omar Sharif and actress Faten Hamama. He appeared in the 2017 short film “11th Hour” at the Tribeca Film Festival and was the face of Coca-Cola for the Arabic world and appeared in a major Calvin Klein print campaign in Egypt. Currently, he is appearing in Assi Azar’s hit TV Series “The Baker and The Beauty” that’s airing on Keshet in Israel and on Amazon Prime globally. “A Tale of Two Omars: A Memoir of Family, Revolution and Coming Out During the Arab Spring” is available on Counterpoint Press.   

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